The Toefl Ibt Step By Step Reading Made Easy Seminar

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Use the above chart, TOEFL iBT Reading books and class notes to answer the following questions. At the end of the TOEFL iBT Reading Seminar, students will be able to comfortably answer all of the below questions. One must first understand the test and questions, in order to pass it!

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009 Name ___________________________

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UNDERSTANDING TOEFL READING QUESTION TYPES EVALUATION Please answer the below questions. You may use your notes. 1. Where do the reading passages for the TOEFL test usually come from? ________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are excerpts? _______________________________________________________ 3. What is the goal of the TOEFL iBT? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. What are the three basic categories that the TOEFL passages are classified in? ________________ ______________________ ___________________ 5. Briefly define each of the above categories: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Name 3 TOEFL Reading question types? _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 7. Name two words that are commonly used in the Negative Factual Information questions. _____________________________

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009 8. The key factor in answering the Negative Factual Information question is to first locate and then verify what?????? __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 9.

Name one test tip for answering Negative Factual Information questions.

______________________________________________________________________________ 10. How can we recognize inference questions? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Name one test tip you can use for inference questions. _________________________________________________________________________ 12. What do Rhetorical Purpose questions ask? ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. Give two examples of how Rhetorical Purpose questions are worded. __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 14. Name one test tip to use when answering Rhetorical Purpose questions. ___________________________________________________________________________ 15. Name one test tip you can use when answering Vocabulary questions. _____________________________________________________________________________ 16. What is a homophone? ____________________________________________________________________________ 17. What are context clues? ____________________________________________________

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009 18. What are reference questions? _________________________________________________________________________ 19. What is an antecedent? __________________________________________________________________________ 20. Name one test tip for answering Reference questions. __________________________________________________________________________ 21. What is a Sentence Simplification question? __________________________________________________________________________ 22. Name one test tip for Sentence Simplification questions. ___________________________________________________________________________

23. What is an Insert Text question? ___________________________________________________________________________ 24. Name one test tip for Insert Text questions. ____________________________________________________________________________ 25. Name three frequently used connecting words that can provide important information about where the sentence should be inserted. _____________________ ___________________ __________________ 26. How many types of Reading to Learn questions are on the TOEFL test? ______ 27. What are the types? _____________________________

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28. What is a Prose Summary? ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 29. What is the difference between applied and fine arts?

30. What is a Fill in a Table question? ______________________________________________________________________________

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009

WHAT TYPE OF QUESTION IS THIS? Use your notes. Go to page __, TOEFL iBT Reading Questions. Based on the 10 TOEFL Reading Question Types, write the type of question. Example: According to the paragraph, Pablo passed the test because? ANSWER: FACTUAL INFORMATION QUESTION. USE YOUR NOTES!!!! 1. According to the paragraph 5, all of the following are true EXCEPT: Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. The author’s description of fine art mentions which of the following? Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. Below you will find 6 answer choices and an introductory sentence. Select three answer choices that express the main ideas in the passage. Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. Complete the table below to summarize information. Match the appropriate statements to the sentences they are associated with. Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 5. In stating spearheaded, the author means that: Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009 6. Look at the four squares that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage. Where would the sentence best fit? Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which of the following represents the most essential information in the underlined sentence? Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. The word we in the passage refers to: Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why does the author mention the nineteenth century politics? Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________ 10. The author of the passage implies that: Question Type: ___________________________________________________________________________

BONUS: Which question type seems the most difficult and why?

_____________________________________________________________________________ BONUS: What two TOEFL iBT reading question types have the most questions per set? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

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ESL EXCELLENCE Ms. Snyder, TOEFL iBT Reading Review 2009

TOEFL iBT READING MADE EASY!!!

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